Stick Stickly Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Attack Attack! (US)
Attack Attack! (US) · 2000s · metal
studio
Original Recording
Studio recording, album: 'Someday Came Suddenly' (2008). Both Johnny Franck and Andrew Whiting are confirmed to have used Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier heads through Mesa/Boogie Rectifier 4x12 cabs for the recording. Andrew Whiting stated the Ibanez GSZ120 was used on every Attack Attack! recording. No evidence of other guitars or amps for the main riff studio recording. No evidence of additional boost/overdrive pedals in the studio chain for the riff section. Noise gate likely used for tightness, but no time-based or modulation effects audible or cited for the riff.
Amp Settings
Effects Chain
- Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor · noise_gate
Ibanez GSZ120 → Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor → Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier → Mesa/Boogie Rectifier 4x12 Cabinet
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Tone Character
- tight and percussive
- scooped mids
- aggressive palm muting
- high-gain saturation
- chunky low end
- razor-sharp treble
- articulate pick attack
- compressed and controlled
- modern metalcore clarity
- low noise floor
Notes & Caveats
- No direct studio amp knob settings found; settings estimated based on typical Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier usage for 2000s metalcore and genre conventions.
- No evidence of overdrive/boost pedals in the studio chain for the riff; only noise gate is confirmed.
- No time-based or modulation effects are audible or cited for the riff section; only high-gain amp distortion and noise suppression.
- Pickup model inferred from stock Ibanez GSZ120 specs; no evidence of pickup swaps for the recording.
- If alternate guitars or amps were used for layering, no sources confirm their use for the main riff.
- Settings cross-referenced with genre and era conventions for accuracy. Attack Attack!'s 'Stick Stickly' features an extremely high-gain, tight, and percussive modern metalcore tone typical of late-2000s Line 6 or Peavey 5150/6505 setups, with scooped mids, tight bass, bright treble, boosted presence, and a bone-dry mix for maximum clarity and aggression.